Our 8-branch public library system has no security system. When we
started offering DVD's, we just put them on the shelf. After almost 2
years of losing nearly every DVD we ordered, we have switched over to
the "dummy case" method very similar to what video stores usually do.
Now, patrons pull off the nice case off the shelf and bring it to the
circulation desk, where the discs are kept in cases for check-out.

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of
issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic
control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in
libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve
as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel
of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video
producers and distributors.

VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.